COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by the family of a doctor who died in 2002 after knee replacement surgery at Lexington Medical Center.
The State newspaper reported Wednesday that the hospital and an anesthesiologist have settled the case involving Dr. Asif Sheikh, whose widow says he was killed at the hospital because of medical negligence.
The 58-year-old Sheikh died less than a day after the surgery.
The $2.2 million settlement comes after a Circuit Court judge had overturned a jury's award of $30 million during a 2006 trial.
Neither the hospital nor Dr. Gail Capell admitted fault in the settlement.
Hospital spokeswoman Jennifer Wilson would not talk about the settlement, other than saying Sheikh was a "beloved" member of the hospital staff..
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